The constant mantra that racism defines America and is deeply embedded in all of the nation’s institutions is leading to policies and practices that are slowly destroying the country from within, writes Heather Mac Donald in her new book “When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives.”
The book weaves together hundreds of stats and anecdotes to illustrate how the left’s obsession with racial disparities, which became turbo-charged after the death of George Floyd in May 2020, has infected courtrooms, universities, law and medical schools, STEM research, and art and cultural institutions such as museums and concert halls.
These vital institutions have placed racial quotas and equity benchmarks above meritocratic achievement even though crime and the underrepresentation of blacks in many professions has nothing to do with racism and bias and far more to do with “the unequal distribution of skills.”
“The concept of […]
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